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JUNE 3 
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SUGGESTIONS TO YOUTHFUD DE¬ 
SIGNERS. 
Sometimes from hint* the pencil’s art 
May to plain tluniea, new charms impart, 
So ye, whose bands possess the skill 
To mould the beautiful at will. 
Whose praise perhaps Is still unsung 
Bedeck the Column for the Young, 
With some l air scene, some bright design 
Of clustering llowers, or trailing vine; 
Or latticed arch, with ivy green 
Entwining all the burs between; 
Or trees bent low with ripening fruit: 
A shepherd pluying on his flute; 
Sheep feeding on u dizzy ridge; 
A country road, a rustic bridge; 
A winding stream, u rurul mill; 
A steeple rising o'er a hill; 
A schoolhonse in the vale below 
With pupils building forts of snow; 
Or game of ball, where merry shout 
Proel alms afar that “School Is out;” 
A herd of deer on Western plain 
Affrighted by a railway train; 
A noble ship with towering mast 
All safe in port, and anchored fast; 
A glimpse of distant waterfall 
Leaping adown a cocky wall; 
Castles with turrets, gnarled oak trees; 
Willows that wave with lightest breeze; 
Birds hastening to their dear home nest 
With fluttering wings, aud throbbing breast; 
An aged man 111 easy chair 
Circled with youth* and maidens fair; 
A wreath, from which the Column’s name 
May look as from a lovely frame. 
Inspiring writers with their pens, 
For past neglect, to make amends. 
Sophia C. Gakkett. 
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 
Although it is rather late to make these 
remarks, a few hints offer ml may be of some 
value to the Cousins, so 1 will present them 
believing it will do no barm. "Better late than 
never'’ is my motto. It is better to have pu- 
tieuce and wait until the ground is warm and 
free from frost before plowing or spading the 
garden in the Spring; nothing is gained by 
preparing the ground or planting anything 
until the soil is warm and free from frost. 
Many persons plow or cultivate the garden 
when the soil is too wet; they should have 
patience in this also and wait until it is per¬ 
fectly dry, for w hen cultivated when too wet 
it leaves the soil in a bad condition. Every 
garden should be laid out methodically; in 
one to be cultivated with the plow the rows 
should all extend in one direction (the length 
of the field is always best—U. M.); in a smaller 
garden, to be cultivated w ith the hoe, the beds 
or t ows can be laid out according to some de¬ 
sign. Several of the catalogues advertised iu 
the Rural contain excellent designs; among 
these Robert Buist’s, 1). M. Kerry’s and Dreer’s 
are excellent. The majority of country gar¬ 
dens are not laid out neatly or orderly, but the 
lteds are put wherever there is room lor them 
w ith the excuse that "the thiugs w ill grow one 
way as well as another; 1 ’ of course they will 
grow as well, but we should have a little pride 
aud order in the ganleu as well as anywhere 
else. A garden thus laid out combines both 
usefulness and beauty. 
Good farmers are careful in planting their 
corn, to keep the rows straight, aud to keep 
the corn clear of weeds after it comes up. 
The good intelligent farmer is also careful to 
keep his laud in as productive a condition as 
possible, by well manuring it aud bv thorough 
cultivation, because he knows that he will be 
well repaid lor all his labor at harvest time. 
This is the w ay it should be in the garden; 
the soil should be properly prepared aud only 
the best seed used and after tin; vegetal ties are 
up they should be carefully cultivated to keep 
down the weeds aud to have the soil in a loose 
condition. 
The seeds for the garden should be well se¬ 
lected, and of the first quality: it is better to 
i end to some old reliable dealer for seeds as you 
then w ill be likely to get good ones. A great 
deal of the cheap seed advertised in some of 
the paper's turns out to be worthless, so that it 
is really dear after all. There should be rota¬ 
tion of crops in the garden, as well as in 
the field, as some kinds of vegetables ar e 
hard on the soil m the garden just the same as 
wheat is hard on the soil in the field. Well 
rotted manure is iu most cases believed to be 
the best, fertilizer although guano, ground 
bone, super-phosphate, etc , arc excellent in 
their way. By a little careful management, 
two or three crops can be grown on one piece 
of laud in a season; as soon as one crop is past 
its prime it may bo removed and another 
pluuted in its place. 
Tomatoes should be staked or tied up to 
racks; they not only look better than when 
they ale sprawling over the ground, but they 
do better also: they are not as apt to rot, and 
they ripen better and evencr as they are more 
exposed to the sun. There uru various reme¬ 
dies recommended for the cabbage worm, but 
the most effectual I have found is Persian 
Insect Powder, made of powdered leaves of 
Pyrethum roseum. Evening is the best time 
THE RURAL HEW-YOMER. 1 
^UaieeUaneotts 3uUmi.$im] 
for transplanting cabbage, tomato, etc., from 
the hot boil to the garden. 
Kohl-Rabi is a vegetable intermediate be¬ 
tween the cabbage ami turnip and is a very 
good substitute for either. Asparagus is a 
delicious vegetable of much easier cultivation 
than is usually supposed; it should be iu every 
garden. 
For early peas American Wonder, Tom 
Thumb, etc., are good; Champion of England 
is good for the main crop. Celery may be 
planted in trenches (the custom of plautiug in 
trenches is not practiced much now, banking 
up being fully as good a method and requiring 
much less work.—l', M.) aud blanched by 
drawing the dirt iu around it, or it may lie 
planted iu rows and blanched by drawing up 
the dirt around it ; during warm weather it 
should be well watered every day or two with 
soapsuds. 
A great deal wore might be said upon this 
subject but this is too long now. A well made, 
well kept garden is iu my opinion oue of the 
most, attractive spots about, a borne. 
Walter Franks. 
[It would be very pleasant to receive more 
such interesting and instructive articles as 
this. Walter liandles his subject much hotter 
than many a man would, and no doubt it will be 
fully appreciated by the many Cousins. Lt is 
worth reading carefully, aud Uncle Mark 
hopes that those who do read it will be benefited 
thereby. Will not more of the Cousins follow 
Walter Franks’ example 1 — Uncle Mark.] 
Otir Cousin must remember that no matter 
how dissipated a utan may be, the old adage, 
"a man’s a man for a 1 that,” remains true.— 
Uncle Mark.] 
Uncle Mark:— Walter Frank’s letter in the 
Rural of May 19 on Strawberries and the 
choice of varieties is excellent, aud his methods 
are good, but the White Grub is sometimes 
destructive to the hill system, as I have found 
out, which may disappoint some of the 
Cousins. If they will set. the plants IS inches 
apart in the row, aud allow them to make a 
runner plant each side, which will make a 
continuous row of plants six inches apart, and 
then allow each plaut to grow two runners to 
be spotted to the right and left six inches 
distant from main row (if the younger plants 
do not furnish runners sufficient, use runners 
from the older ones), they will now have tluee 
rows with plants “six inches apart” each 
way, which a great. “ Strawberry King ”* says 
is the uearest to the ideal Strawberry row. 
With this method and limiting the choice of 
varieties to Cousin Walter Franks selection, 
aud following his method of mulching, etc., 
the Cousins will be surprised at the amount of 
fruit they can raise from 100 plants. 
Your nephew, r. w. s. 
Elmer, N. J. 
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THE YOUNG QUERIST. 
Addir Stone: —1, I would like to know the 
name and habits of the white insects on the 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark: —It has been a long 
time since I have written, but the truth is, I 
have had nothing interesting to write about. 
1 had very poor luck with t he melon seeds you 
sent me, only three came up; there were two 
little melons grew on them but they only got 
to be about five inches long. I suppose it was 
on account of the dry weather that, they grew 
so poorly. But we never had suc h nice house 
plants, and those so free from insects as we 
have had this Winter. We have a number of 
plants of the Cactus Family, Begonias, an 
Oleander, a Heliotrope, Geraniums and an 
Amaryllis which is nearly in bloom, and many 
other plants. We have also a very nice 
Chinese Primrose, which now contains thirty 
blossoms aud is loaded with buds; and 
here I wish to say to the Cousins especially those 
who have a north window, if they will pro¬ 
cure the single variety of Chinese Primrose 
aud give it good care they will have a beauti¬ 
ful plant through the Winter mouths; care 
should be taken, however, that it be not 
changed from oue place to another, and that, 
water does not fall ui>ou the buds, beouuse 
they would be likely to blast. Uncle Mark 
will you please tell mo at what age the Orange 
and Lemon trees should be budded, and if di¬ 
rections for other trees should be followed in 
budding them? I have two that 1 wish to have 
budded but I live quite a distance from any 
florist. I can however procure buds here. 
Wyoming, N. Y. Y our niece, a. l. e. 
[You can bud your Orange and Lemon trees 
when about two years old. Select buds with 
well developed eyes. You may bud as in ease 
of other trees.— Uncle Mark.] 
Uncle Mark: —I think Clem Auldon on the 
drunkard in the Rural of March 10, page 
153, ought to be replied to. He would rebuke 
a person for calling a drunkard a brute, how¬ 
ever hard a name it may seem to be. I think 
we may take another view iu applying it to a 
drunkard. Where is the brute that will so 
basely lower its condition as will a man/ iu 
my opinion there is no word in the dictionary 
dreadful enough to express the degredation of 
the drunkard. To speak of philantltrophy—I 
think that goodness will cease to be a virtue iu 
the east; of upholding the drunkard. We need 
a hell of fire anti brimstone in the form of 
stmi censure to eradicate the drunkard and 
his sine. For ages druukards have been re¬ 
penting aud being lifted up by Christian phi¬ 
lanthropists. Ls it any wonder that man is 
slowly lm surely loosening the reins of gov¬ 
ernment/ How much better it would be if 
men acted like men. But the drunkard is up¬ 
on the stage before the whole world, and those 
who look ujx.*u him only with a pitying eye, 
uphold him as he throws about himself the 
cloak of drunkenness, as it cover to his many 
sins. But those who stand behind the scenes 
and witness the many sufferings caused by 
the drunkard’s iniquity cannot feel to act the 
part, of a Christian philanthropist. 
Helen Lei ken, 
[Unde Mark is glad to see that the Cousin 
abhors drunkenness, but dot* she show as 
much charity as the true woman ought/ Al¬ 
though Uncle Mark thinks it would be unwise 
in any w oman attaching herself for life to a 
person who indulges in strong drink, at the 
same time he does approve of Christian philan¬ 
thropy, aud believes that, woman can exercise 
a great power in raising up fallen manhood. 
Acharia leaves? 2. What is the cause of Coleuses 
tinning black just above the roots and toppling 
over? 3, Should Smilax turning yuilow be 
turned down and not watered until August/ 
4. Is there auy r remedy for mealy bugs on 
plants/ 
Axs.—1. Examination under the micro¬ 
scope seems to indicate that the white substance 
referred to is an exudation of a sugary nature 
from the leaf and stem. It is very prevalent 
upon this specie of plant. 2. It is evidently 
caused by too much moisture, and its probably 
known among florists as “dampening oil', 7 ' 
Use care in the amount of water applied. 
3. Yes. 4. Brush them off carefully with a 
small clean paint brush, or you may wash the 
plants with whale oil soup. 
W. //.. Lumberport , West Va ,—You wil 
find directions for planting your seeds in the 
Youths’ Column of May 2fl. The nut you re¬ 
fer to is Meghnrhiza CaBfOrufCa (it has no 
common name) the seed of a vine growing in 
California. You may plant it the same as 
the others. 
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